---
title: Add a role to an existing role
description: When you add a new role to an existing role for a user, the user inherits the access that is granted by the new role.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/t\_AddARoleToAnExistingRole.html
release: australia
product: User Administration
classification: user-administration
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a role, Managing roles, User administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Add a role to an existing role

When you add a new role to an existing role for a user, the user inherits the access that is granted by the new role.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

**Warning:** If your organization hasn't manually allocated user-based subscriptions before,subscription assignments are based on user roles and the kind of access each role permits. Creating, customizing, and assigning roles can have subscription usage impact. For more information about how roles are evaluated for subscription assignment, see [Automatic subscription assignment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/user-subscription-auto-assignment.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **User Administration** > **Roles** and open the existing role.

2.  Click **Edit** in the Contains Roles related list.

3.  Use the slushbucket to add one or more roles to the existing role.

4.  Click **Save**.

    The users with the existing role inherit the access that is granted by the new role.


**Parent Topic:**[Create a role](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/t_CreateARole.md)